Spring Forward, Fall Back?
The snow has finally disappeared and spring is on the horizon, but why are we still sad?
Is it because we are still living in this strange world of ‘what if’, or because we’re so afraid that when we’re allowed to integrate back into society that we’ll have forgotten how to function as fully-rounded humans?
The two-metre-greeting will give way to a barrage of hugs and unwanted kisses, and we won’t be equipped for what that holds for us.
We’ll eventually get back to some normalcy but with the people we’ve lost, nothing will be the same again.
Spring is being birthed but we are not ready,
calm yourselves, hold yourselves, steady.
We will pull out our cooler clothes,
and get ready for warmer toes.
Because what’s around the corner can only be better,
than the past year of fodder we told ourselves didn’t matter.
Spring will leave and summer will arrive,
we’ve told each other, “it’s okay, we will survive”.
But we will remember those we have lost,
and that this past year came at a great cost.
Our only choice is to move on,
and envelope what’s still here.
Because at the end of this,
what we have left is unclear.
